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$400,000 donated by former Board of Trustees member under investigation

Written on February 4, 2022. Posted in News.

David Sharpe, Law ’95, resigned from Queen’s Board of Trustees and as chair of the Queen’s Law Dean’s Council in 2021. Sharpe is currently under investigation by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) for fraud in relation to his company Bridging Finance. According to the OSC, Bridging Finance...

Agnes revitalization will include dedicated areas for Indigenous communities

Written on July 22, 2020. Posted in Arts.

This article was updated on Oct. 30, 2020. Twenty years after its last expansion, the Agnes will be renovated into one of the largest University Art Museums in Canada. The new construction was made possible through a $40 million grant provided by Bader Philanthropies Inc., a non-profit foundation...

AMS to donate $7,000 to Kingston food bank

Written on March 20, 2020. Posted in News.

In light of recent university closures, the AMS Food Bank will close on Mar. 20. Recognizing that many members of the Queen’s community who rely on the Food Bank’s services remain in Kingston, the AMS will be donating $7,000 to the Kingston Partners in Mission Food Bank. The AMS Foodbank is located...

QLA gifted $200,000 from Toronto law firm

Written on January 24, 2020. Posted in News.

Bogoroch & Associates LLP donated $200,000 to Queen’s Legal Aid (QLA) on Wednesday for support after the clinic suffered from funding cuts to Legal Aid Ontario and the impact of the Student Choice Initiative (SCI). In an interview with The Journal, QLA director Blair Crew said the contribution...

Winter Coat Drive in need of more donations

Written on February 1, 2019. Posted in News.

Winter clothing is essential to students’ success this time of the year, and Queen’s Winter Coat Exchange (QWCE) knows that all too well. The group provides free cold-weather essentials to students, faculty, and staff to ensure the Queen’s community is prepared for winter weather conditions. QWCE...

SGPS, United Way drive asks for clothes, non-perishables

Written on January 18, 2019. Posted in News.

A winter clothes and non-perishables drive from the SGPS and AMS Student United Way Committee ends this month. The drive, which began in November, will support partner organizations of United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox, and Addington (KFLA). The collected items will pass on to organizations...

Queen’s arts apprenticeship program expands after donation

Written on November 19, 2018. Posted in News.

An apprenticeship program connecting recent Queen’s graduates with local businesses has expanded this year after a donation from Ottawa-based philanthropist Alan Rottenberg. The Queen’s Career Apprenticeship Kingston program, which began as a pilot in May, will support 35 positions by 2019, up from...

I Love First Peoples organization holds shoebox charity drive

Written on November 3, 2017. Posted in News.

Starting this month, Canada’s I Love First Peoples (ILFP) Kingston chapter is accepting gift-filled shoebox donations for Indigenous youth. ILFP is a registered Canadian non-profit organization focused on empowering Indigenous youth to stay in school. Currently, ILFP’s projects reach remote communities...

How to give back to our community

Written on October 5, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

Between our midterms, readings, intramurals, social lives and the occasional episode of Netflix, it may seem like you have no time to give back to the community. It’s also really challenging to find ways to contribute to your favourite causes when there’s no room in your budget for donating money. Rest...

Queen’s interdisciplinary water research receives $5 million donation

Written on March 3, 2017. Posted in News.

On Feb 24, the University received a $5 million donation from Ross J. Beaty, which will give way to the creation of the Beaty Water Research Centre, to be located in the new Queen’s Innovation and Wellness Centre. Ross J. Beaty, a veteran with 40 years of experience in the renewable energy industry,...

Queen’s receives $31.7-million investment towards Innovation and Wellness Centre

Written on October 14, 2016. Posted in News.

As the first member of Queen’s administration stepped up to the podium on Tuesday, a hush fell over the crowd of attendees that had been invited to hear the latest funding announcement from Queen’s. In attendance at the announcement, which took place in the atrium of Beamish-Munro Hall, were Principal...

Alumni, students need your donations too

Written on October 4, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

As hundreds of thousands of students leave university with mountains of debt and university institutions like Queen’s continuously solicit alumni donations, the question arises about which is a worthier cause — giving money to students, or to the institution. With Homecoming just around the corner,...

Updated: School of Drama and Music receives $5-million donation

Written on April 7, 2016. Posted in Arts.

Last updated at 5:02 p.m. on April 7, 2016. Queen’s School of Drama and Music will have a new reason to take the stage today after receiving a $5-million donation. Aubrey Dan, an impresario, businessman and philanthropist, provided the endowment together with his wife Marla Dan. Their daughter is...

Smith School of Business to open new Customer Analytics Centre in Goodes

Written on January 26, 2016. Posted in News.

The Smith School of Business is opening a new Customer Analytics Centre in Goodes Hall this February to provide new research opportunities for students and faculty. The centre, which was announced on Jan. 12 through the Queen’s Gazette, was created using a $2.2 million donation from Scotiabank. The...

Art centre receives large donation

Written on May 27, 2014. Posted in Arts.

Last month, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre received a donation of 68 paintings by Dutch and Flemish Baroque artists, such as Abraham van Dijck and Willem Drost. All of the paintings stem from the personal collection of Alfred and Isabel Bader. The centre, located on the corner of University Ave....

Free funds for local projects

Written on November 1, 2011. Posted in News.

Ten strangers give $100 each to a different community-based project each month. It’s the premise of a new foundation in Kingston. Awesome Kingston is a chapter of the Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences. The foundation started in Boston in 2009 when 10 trustees came together to give $1,000...

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$400,000 donated by former Board of Trustees member under investigation

Agnes revitalization will include dedicated areas for Indigenous communities

AMS to donate $7,000 to Kingston food bank

QLA gifted $200,000 from Toronto law firm

Winter Coat Drive in need of more donations

SGPS, United Way drive asks for clothes, non-perishables

Queen’s arts apprenticeship program expands after donation

I Love First Peoples organization holds shoebox charity drive

How to give back to our community

Queen’s interdisciplinary water research receives $5 million donation

Queen’s receives $31.7-million investment towards Innovation and Wellness Centre

Alumni, students need your donations too

Updated: School of Drama and Music receives $5-million donation

Smith School of Business to open new Customer Analytics Centre in Goodes

Art centre receives large donation

Free funds for local projects

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